Wringer



Get 7 M19246 LSNLU'ZQ B. A. WALKER WRINGER Filed July 21 1921 FIG-4 8INVENTOR g 772%,;

ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 7, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- BYRON A. WALKER, 0F ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA..ASSIGNOR T0 LOVELL MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY. OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ACORPORATION OF PENNSYLVALIA.

WRINGER.

Application filed July 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON A. WALKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, .in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Wringers, of which the followingis a specification.

Clothes wringers have been formed of wood frames and with metal frames.In some respects the wood frames are more desirable than the metalframes as screws hold in the wood much better than in metal, the slightelasticity of the wood adding to this efiect. It is also much simpler toattach the wood frame Wringer to the various wringer supports as theyare found on modern washing machines as practically every washingmachine has a variation in the support which variation must be met bythe wringer structure. On the other hand the metal wringer correspondsmore nearly in appearance and structure to the general structure of thepower washing machines particularly and is stronger and more resistantto certain features of use than the all wood frame wringer. In thepresent invention it have combined the two materials retaining thedesirable features of both. It also permits of the forming of the woodenportion of the wringer in a very much simpler and efficient manner.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as followsFig. 1 shows a front elevation of the wringer.

Fig. 2 a side elevation.

Fig. 3 a top view of one of the stiles with a bearing in place.

Fi 4: a longitudinal vertical section on the lines 4-4 in Figs. 2 and 3through the center of the wringer.

Fig. 5 a cross section on the lines 5-5 in Figs. 1 and 3.

ig. 6 a cross section on the lines 6-6 in Figs. 2 and 4.. I

1-1 mark the stiles. These stiles are formed with wooden insides formedwith'a block 2 at the bottom which is nearly the full width of the stileand the uprights 3 projecting in a line with the outer faces of theblock 2 and forming between them the vertical guide groove t. Thissimplifies the construction materially from that commonly used inwoodwringers in which the part 2 must be made integral with the parts 3,and

1921. Serial No. 486.362.

Pressure springs 9 rest on plates 10, the

glates resting on the upper bearings 6. crew plates 11 rest on the upperends of the spring and tension screws 12 operate on these plates, thetension screws being carried by the top bar 13. A bracket 14 bridges thespace across the top of the slot 4 and is secured to the side walls ofthe stiles by screws 15 which extend into the wooden insides.

The bracket has a lip 16 on its upper edge under which the top bar 13extends. The top bar is formed of two parts 17 hinged at 18- and havingthe abutting ends 19. A shoulder 20 is caught by the latch 21 holdingthe bar normally in its rigid position but upon the release of the latchreleases the top bar so as to release the rolls in the manner describedin the patent to N. B. Hutton. #1,13a,122, May 11. 1915. The structureso far described is similar to wringers already made.

I provide a sheathing 22 for the stiles. The sheathing is preferably inthe form of channels, one channel at the front and one at the back ofeach stile, the. flanges of the channel overlapping the inside andoutside edges of the stiles. This sheathing is secured to the stiles byscrews 23 at the top and by the screws 24 at the bottom, the screws-24overlappii-g so as to prevent the splitting of the block 3 between theslot 4 eneral and the slot 25 and the slot 25 in place thereof adaptsthe bottom of the stile to a wrin er support as 26. I prefer to carrythe c annels across the top at 27 so as to house the top of the stilesas well as the sides. splice the guide strips 3 and the block 2 It willbe noted that these channels holding the guide strips rigidly inrelation 'a closer and smoother rately so that the guide wooden stile 1nwhich'the'two strips are-integral with the bottom block. It will benoted that the'screws of the bracket 14 not only extend through thebracket but also through the metal sheath into the wooden inside. Inthis way the brackets may be very economically and very securelymounted.

Connecting plates 28 extend from stile to stile, the screws 29 extendingthrough these connecting lates, throu h the sheathing or metalre-enibrcements o thewooden inside into the wooden inside itself. theresilience of the wood yielding under'pressure of the screw thusassuring a spring-pressed clampin en agement between the plates and theen d sti es.

Guide plates 30 are arranged opposite the rolls and are secured to theend stiles by screws 31 which extend through the plates and thesheathing or re-enforcing channel plates of the stiles into the woodeninsides thus making a secure union of these parts.

A guard plate 32 is arranged over the gears 7 secured to the end stilesby the screws 33 which extend through the sheathing into the woodeninsides and the screw 3 which extends through the guardplate directlyinto the wooden inside.

A screw extends through the wooden inside between the sheathing platesand has a projecting end 36 which extends into a slot 37 of the drainboard.

The end stiles are clamped by a bolt 39 on a wringer support the woodinside permitting of a convenient forming of the 'wringer and adapted tothe support and also springing slightly to assure a perfect engagementof the Wringer with the suport. p With this structure the wringer inappearance is a complete metal wringer. The connecting parts are unitedby wood screws with the superior holding quality over metal to metalholding. The guide ways for the bearings are formed in wood and thus ina. convenient manner house the springs and bearings. The guide-ways aremore accurate and uniform than? s practical where the slots are cut outfrom an integral piece of wood and there is a considerable saving ofmaterial. The metal sheathing splices the wood parts and thus makespossible the formation of the guide strips and bottom block in separatepieces and at the same time protects that part of the wood which is mostexposed from the direct action of water and thus prolongs the life ofthe wringer. Further the shapes of the guide ways may be varied as thebearings vary or spring constructions vary so that in a very simple waythest-ructure lends itself to the varying connecting .parts of thewringer.

It will also be noted that the sheathing forms a facing for the ends ofthe securing bolt 39. In the operatidn'of the wriuger this bolt 'isunder considerable strain. and the facing on the wood helps insustaining this strain and at the same time the elasticity of the woodassists in maintaining a firm engagement.

\Vha-t I claim as new is 1. A wringer stile formed with a wooden insidehaving a bearing slot therein, and

- bearing slots extending from the top thereof and metal sheaths forminghousings for the insides: brackets bridging the tops of the slots; andmeans extending through the brackets and the sheaths into the woodeninsides for securing the brackets to the stiles.

4. A wringer stile formed with a wooden.

inside comprising a. bottom block and. upwardly extending guide stripsto-rined separately from the wooden block; and rigid metal platessplicing the block and strips.

5. A wring-er stile formed of a wooden inside com'prising guide stripsprojecting upwa'rdly from'a supporting block forming a guide slotbetween the strips; and a metal sheath comprising channels placed overthe front and rear walls of the wooden inside. said channels splicingthe block and strips. In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset my hanil.7

BYRON A. WALlxER.

